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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp

… Image 50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp The process—and … celebration—of a commemorative stamp September 6, 2023 In 1969, the Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors … if they had never happened before,’ wrote Willa Cather in O Pioneers ! and she practiced what she preached. Miss Cather …
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Guided Seasonal Tour

… Black Hawk Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the National Endowment for the Arts … drawn readers into this classic novel for more than 100 years.   As part of our NEA Big Read programming, guests are … W. 3rd Street This is the site where Anna Sadilek Pavelka’s first child was baptized and where Anna was married. This …
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Cather Sesquicentennial

… Image Cather Sesquicentennial Celebrating 150 Years We are … Service, with matching funds provided by the  Willa Cather Foundation’s  Campaign for the Future .  Book clubs and … Cather , Red Cloud, NE: a special Red Cloud Opera House Gallery exhibit of international works honoring the birth …
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Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!

… You can, too—in any season or time of year, whether for the first time or on a return trip. We offer a variety of guided … classic novel My Ántonia , published in 1918, was among the fifty titles selected by the National Endowment for the Arts …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia

… September 4, 2024 Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the National Endowment for the Arts … drawn readers into this classic novel for more than 100 years. Just as gripping are her portrayal of obstacles such … the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial in Red Cloud, one of her first efforts was to bring Life magazine to Webster County …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting

… Image The Willa Cather Childhood Home in her restored glory (April 2024) … Home Rededication and Ribbon Cutting! Willa Cather Foundation leadership, project partners and supporters, … Olsen, Director of Education & Engagement View the image gallery below—and download designs of our souvenir program, …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here  to learn about historic site tour options. After an extensive … tours—including of the Childhood Home—and a live streamed virtual book launch and reading of Benjamin Taylor’s Chasing …
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The Potter Family

… at Wilcox. His death erased from the records of Van Meter post of the G.A.R. the last member and past commander. “Born …
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Willa Cather Biography

… of her own birthplace, rural northern Virginia, in  Sapphira and the Slave Girl . In the mid-1930s, having returned to Nebraska from …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway

… related to Cather’s life and writing. The Center’s mobile app also offers a 30-minute narrated tour of the Willa … It will be faced with original brick material to match the appearance during the period the Cather family resided in …
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